Hall Table

A hall table that I made as part of a furniture design course. I was sitting the piece of Wenge for a while, waiting for it to talk to me. I knew that I wanted to make a hall table, but that was it. After some inspiration from Garret Hack’s work and a few FWW articles on floating tops I had a rough idea in my head. The base is maple as are the strips on the top. The strips came to me just before I started prepping the top itself. I had them left over from another project and they had been sticking out of the shelf that I keep scraps on. Just so happens that they were the right dimensions and in my mind bring the whole thing together. I would like to make some more tables like this and refine the design. Any comments and suggestions are welcome. Thanks for reading. Mike

Very,very nicely done. I really like the design and details. The construction looks top knotch. Only question I have is how is the stability? My perception from the photograph is that it looks a little narrow, but it’s hard to really tell from the pictures.

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Thanks gents for the comments. John to answer your question the table is pretty sturdy. I used sliding dovetails to hold the aprons together. I was actually surprised how sturdy it is, that was a concern I had in the beginning.

I like the design a lot! If I had to make a suggestion, I would do some pore filling on the top before I finished it. I don’t always fill pores, but I think a super smooth look would take this to the next level.

I’ve been looking at this table in FWW, and have played the video a couple times – sure is pretty. It’s a question of whether it is THE table my wife wants (why should this come as a surprise to me???).

This is a lovely piece. I also would like to copy your design. I would like to know the overall length, width and height of this table and the thickness of the top. I have some Mahogany I have been saving for such a table but it is only 3/4” thick which may look too thin for a top.

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